How to say 'Dry' in Japanese | 乾く

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The Japanese word for Dry is 'Kawaku', written as 乾く in Japanese.'Dry' in hiragana is かわく.

word

乾く

Meaning

Dry

Reading

かわく

kawaku

Kanji

乾Dry

Explanation

The Japanese verb '乾く (かわく)' means 'to dry'. It is used to describe the process of something becoming dry, such as clothes, hair, or the ground after rain. This verb is intransitive, meaning it does not take a direct object. For example: the laundry dried「洗濯物が乾いた」(せんたくものがかわいた). The ground dried after the rain「雨の後、地面が乾いた」(あめのあと、じめんがかわいた). Note that '乾く' is often used in contexts where something naturally dries over time, as opposed to actively drying something, which would use the transitive verb '乾かす (かわかす)'.

Part Of Speech

verb

Kanji JLPT

Kanji Grade

Frequency

4958

Composition

kanji-hiragana

Handwriting

This word is a godan verb. To learn how it transforms in different tenses and forms, explore all its conjugations.

Kanji in the Word 乾く

This word contains 1 kanji character:

kanji

乾

Meaning

Dry

Hiragana in the Word 乾く

This word contains 1 Hiragana character :

hiragana

く

Reading

Words Related to 乾く Through the Kanji 乾

These 3 Words contain the Kanji 乾 as well.

word

乾杯

Meaning

Cheers

word

乾かす

Meaning

Dry

word

乾燥

Meaning

Drying, Dryness

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'Kawaku' means 'Dry' .

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